Morrisonite-Oregon or Idaho: colorful jasper that takes an excellent polish - hard to come by. Some pieces are orange, some green, some red, or yellow, and some pieces have all these colors together! (I’ve got the 1953 bill for when this material last changed hands-this is very early Morrisonite!) “A” 35¢/gram “B” 14¢/gram

Serpentine-various locations: varying grades and types of serpentine, including Ricolite from New Mexico, and the very rare yellow-green Wyoming Retinolite, also known as precious serpentine. Serpentine 5¢/gram Ricolite: Retinolite: 14¢/gram

Wildcat Agate-Oregon: somewhat like thunderegg slabs. Some pieces look like scenes of a swift-flowing river. 5¢/gram

Iris Agate-various locations: this rare agate is sliced in 1/8” slabs which, when polished or coated with oil and held up to a lamp, will split the light into its rainbow colors. $1.00/gram UNAVAILABLE

Agatized Chrysocolla-Arizona: sky and turquoise-blue veins and veils running through clear chalcedony, with occasional malachite inclusions. Impressive. Some slabs are almost all malachite in agate, but we sell these at the same price as the rest, so please specify. 35¢/gram

Shattuckite and Ajoite-Nevada: Very rare. Shattuckite is lapis-blue, some solid, others with blue spider webs, and others with green Ajoite. The price ranges from $2.00/gram to 10¢/gram, depending on quality.

Laguna Agate-Mexico: in the early days, this was called the Cadillac of agates. Lovely translucent fortification agate. “A” 60¢/gram “B” 25¢/gram UNAVAILABLE

Coyamito Agate-Mexico: a bit like the Laguna, but perhaps a little more appealing, since the designs tend to be more bizarre, sometimes including tubes agate and pseudomorphs of crystals. “A” 60¢/gram “B” 25¢/gram UNAVAILABLE

Apache Agate-Mexico: possibly one of the finest of the Mexican agates. Clear and purple agate with bright red and vivid orange veils and fringes. “A”70¢/gram “B” 35¢/gram UNAVAILABLE

Loma Pinta Agate-Mexico: shows less weathering than other Mexican agates, because it has been mined in situ. The designs show a fairly tight banding with a smoother, more rounded look. Colors are pink, white, yellow, blue, red, and brown, with some suspended agate patterns. “A” 25¢/gram “B” 12¢/gram

Labradorite-Canada: fascinating in its play of colors. Resembles the iridescence on the wings of some Brazilian butterflies. Proper term is “labradorescence”. This comes in blue, green, mauve, gold, and copper colors. Brilliant flashes! 30¢/gram

Chiastolite Crystals and Crystal Pieces-Fresno, California: sometimes called Cross Stone, but this name usually applies to Staurolite. The crystals look like short cigars, and when cut in cross section, show a cross pattern which changes as the crystal is sliced. Tan and black. 25¢/gram

Amazonite-Amelia Courthouse, Virginia: blue to blue-green feldspar of exceptional quality. Very close to turquoise colors. Small pieces. 10¢/gram

Crater Lake Flower Jasper-Oregon: looser patterned material. Orange and green jasper patterns. Very nice, solid material. This was collected in the area before it became a national park. Collecting has shut down. 8¢/gram

Rhodonite-West Virginia: exceptionally scenic rhodonite with bare, black trees and horizons, with skies of pink and yellow-rather like a fall sunset. 8¢/gram

Rhodonite-Australia: mostly very deep rose-pink material with some black. 10¢/gram

Ochoco Jasper-Oregon: very consistent solid jasper which sometimes grades into moss agate. The colors are leathery brown, dark green, dark and medium red, and beige. The designs are very swirly. 5¢/gram

Youngite-Wyoming: this stuff is really a good grade! Brown, yellow, and pink jasper held together with translucent chalcedony. Fine druzy specimens available in the"Rough" section! 16¢/gram---Floral Pink Youngite-Wyoming: 20¢/gram

Psilomelane (Merlinite) (“P” is silent)-Mexico: also known as Crown of Silver. Banded black and silver. Silver looks and polishes like hematite (Alaskan Black Diamond). The banding is like high-grade malachite. We’ve had comments like “stunning” and “elegant”. 50¢/gram and $1.00/gram

Tiger's-eye-South Africa: quite a variety from all red, all gold, or all blue, to many combinations of colors such as blonde with red veins, blue with red veins, or blue and yellow mingled to make green, or all colors in the same slab. Great stuff! Golden 7¢/gram Red and Variegated 10¢/gram Blue 15¢/gram

Scarlet Jasper-Utah: Brilliant orange-red jasper mingled with some yellow and brown, some with fortification patterns. Some of the prettiest jasper I’ve seen. 8¢/gram

Desert Glass: pale purple antique glass bottle fragments, turned purple by exposure to the sun’s rays. Even has some of the original desert still on it. Not made any more. $1.50/oz.

Flame Agate-Mexico: classic old flame agate with red and yellow flames licking up through clear chalcedony from off a yellow and green ground. That’s the light flame agate. The dark flame agate has red and black flames-used to be known as forest fire. Fascinating! 15¢/gram

Botswana Agate: Banded gray, white, and sometimes pink agate. 8¢/gram

Orbicular Jasper-Washington: lots of red spots in hematite. 5¢/gram

Antelope Oregon Moss Agate: these are a number of types of moss agate. I was very impressed. Colors are in greens, browns, and beiges, red-browns, rose pinks, peaches, and reds. I can’t say what colors you’ll get, but ask and I’ll sell it to you if I’ve still got it. 8¢/gram

Binghamite-Minnesota: a quartz replacement of iron ore. It has brown, gold, and red chatoyancy mingled with translucent white quartz and hematite. Stunningly beautiful, it sometimes looks like brocaded silk. Seems to take a good polish with diamond or linde A, but can be fragile. 32¢/gram

Red-Gold Rutilated Quartz-Brazil (choice): small pieces of clear quartz with fine needle-like crystals of rutile inside (inclusions). The color of the rutile is a very coppery red-gold. Some are slabs, and some are pieces about tumbling-size, but this is certainly better than tumbling quality. We feel that some of these pieces would be lovely for small carvings. The needles are very dense in some of these, and we think this material is just lovely. $1.00/gram

Williamsite-Maryland: gem serpentine rivaling some of the finest nephrite jade. It is mostly a medium green (almost blue-green), very translucent, practically transparent with black chromite dots. Can be faceted. Very exciting material. 25¢/gram or $1.00/gram TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

Uruguay Agate: some pieces have a gray and white pattern. Others are white with creamy yellow. Good, solid agate, very much like Brazilian. 6¢/gram

Opalized Wood-Idaho and Washington: with the wood, we only bother with a description if it’s of exceptional quality. And so, we give this wood a place of its own, as we have with the Arizona wood. Some resembles rolling plowed land in buff and beige, medium sandy brown, and near black. Some is rich mahogany rose-red with creamy pink tendrils leading into it. Some has a rosy-maroon look to it, and the patterning is exceptional. 10¢/gram

Silver Sheen Obsidian-Siberia: the best I’ve seen. Rich, pinkish silver chatoyancy. Glistens like seal skin. This is an understatement, but that is as close as I can describe it. *Tip: if you are flat lapping obsidian, use 1000 grit before you polish. 7¢/gram

Brecciated Jasper-Africa: some slabs have reddish-black fragments, each outlined in bright orangey-pink and white. These chunks are floating in a stew of tiny pink, white, and black bits. Other slabs have brick red chunks wrapped in white lacy agate with yellow quartz between. 8¢/gram

Agate Pseudomorphs after barite-Colorado: agate replacement of barite crystal clusters. Some of these slabs look like a cross-section of an explosion. From a red and orange fortification-patterned nucleus, there radiates outward a spray of red needles on a black or gray background. 10¢/gram

Robinson Ranch Plume Agate (Crooked River Dendrites): clear and translucent agate, sometimes tinged with orange, with small plumes in black, beige, pink, white, and red. The clearest pieces will often have a spurt of salmon, orange, or red suspended in it like hot lava that just spat from a volcano. I really like this stuff. 25¢/gram, 50¢/gram, $1.00/gram

Burnite-Nevada: Old material. Graded according to the amount of azurite and malachite. The more intense the better, also the amount of native copper, and the slabs scenic qualities. I’ve been 11 years in deciding to sell this stuff. Take care in cutting. It is softer and more brittle. Deep blue with some malachite and blotches of native copper in a greenish neutral base. “AAA” $1.00/gram "AA” $3.00/in “A” 75¢/in